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California’s clean-energy grid powers through climate-driven extreme heat, meeting highest demand since 2022

California Governor’s Office

Issuer publication date: October 13, 2026

Added to The State & Nation: October 13, 2026

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California reported that statewide electricity demand reached 50,335 megawatts on September 9, 2026, the highest level in four years and about 3% below the September 2022 record, without emergency measures or a conservation appeal. The Newsom administration attributes that performance to coordinated planning and more than 39,000 megawatts of utility-scale clean-energy capacity added since 2019, including more than 23,000 megawatts of battery storage. The release also describes recently enacted data-center safeguards intended to assign grid-upgrade costs to those facilities and require disclosure of water and energy demands; its comparisons and causal claims are the administration's assessment.

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